Dog Star Man is a series of short experimental films, all directed by Stan Brakhage, featuring Jane Wodening.

In 1992, Dog Star Man was included in its entirety in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

[4][5] In addition to this, he had also faced different sets of crisis including the questioning of his distant relationship with his wife Jane at the time, experiencing visions, and contemplations of death and decay.

[7] Dog Star Man, like Brakhage's other works, is characterized and known for their abstract imagery and techniques such as scratching and punching holes into the film.

While the work is considered difficult and unorthodox by many,[8] there is a general structure to the narrative of the film cycle that comprises the prelude and four parts.

The opening of Dog Star Man is entitled Prelude and runs at around 26 minutes, making it one of the longer parts of the film cycle.